Stories Told through Sound
eBook - ePub

Stories Told through Sound

The Craft of Writing Audio Dramas for Podcasts, Streaming, and Radio

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Stories Told through Sound

The Craft of Writing Audio Dramas for Podcasts, Streaming, and Radio

About this book

With thousands of outlets worldwide and growing, audio drama is the new frontier in storytelling. From family dramas tales to epic space battles and period pieces to large-cast musicals, it is a medium without limits, because the audience creates the visual world in their mind. In Stories Told through Sound, audio-dramatist Barry M. Putt, Jr. lays out the essentials of the form in an engaging, easy-to-understand manner. He offers dozens of tactics and strategies: the top reasons audiences don't connect with a character and how to avoid them, ways to create exciting plot twists, career pitfalls to watch out for, and how to draft a dynamic marketing plan that will keep your work in the forefront of any industry professional's mind. It includes tips from a number of top-tier professionals to help give a deeper understanding of how to find success in a new and exciting creative industry.
Dust off that story idea you've been wanting to develop and learn how to craft an engaging script that can become a fully realized production. In audio drama, everything is possible!

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Table of contents

  1. Acknowledgments
  2. Introduction
  3. 1. Getting Started in Audio-Drama Writing
  4. 2. Story Basics
  5. 3. Characters
  6. 4. Dialogue
  7. 5. Scenes
  8. 6. Story World
  9. 7. Story Structure
  10. 8. The Story Development Process
  11. 9. Adaptation
  12. 10. Series
  13. 11. Script Formatting
  14. 12. Collaboration
  15. 13. Writing Groups
  16. 14. Production
  17. 15. Support Documents, File Organization, and Copyrighting Your Work
  18. 16. Career Planning
  19. 17. Connecting with Audio-Drama Companies, Agents, and Publishers
  20. 18. Insights from Other Audio-Drama Professionals
  21. 19. Resources
  22. Notes
  23. Bibliography